Welcome to the Official Red Hat Linux Customization Guide.
The Official Red Hat Linux Customization Guide contains information on how to
customize your Red Hat Linux system to fit your needs. If you are looking for a
step-by-step, task-oriented guide for configuring and customizing your
system, this is the manual for you. This manual discusses many
intermediate topics such as the following:
Setting up a network interface card (NIC)
Performing a Kickstart installation
Configuring Samba shares
Managing your software with RPM
Determining information about your system
Upgrading your kernel
This manual is divided into the following main categories:
This guide assumes you have a basic understanding of your Red Hat Linux system.
If you need reference material which covers more basic issues such as
configuring your desktop or playing audio CD-RPMs, please refer to the
Official Red Hat Linux Getting Started Guide. If you need more advanced documentation
such as an overview of the Red Hat Linux filesystem, please refer to the
Official Red Hat Linux Reference Guide.
HTML and PDF versions of the Official Red Hat Linux manuals are available on the
Documentation CD and online at http://www.redhat.com/docs/.
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you should read the Red Hat Linux Release Notes for
information that may not have been available prior to our documentation
being finalized. They can be found on the Red Hat Linux CD #1 and online
at: http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux
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This manual has been expanded to include new features in Red Hat Linux 7.3
as well as topics requested by our readers. Changes to this
manual include:
- Kickstart Options
The kickstart options have been updated to include the new
options in Red Hat Linux 7.3.
- Network Configuration
This chapter has been written to discussed the revised
Red Hat Network Administration Tool. It is
now more task-oriented.
- Samba
This chapter now includes how to use
pam_smbpass to sync users' Samba passwords with
their system passwords when the passwd command
is used.
- Squid Configuration
This new chapter discusses the Red Hat Squid
Configurator, a graphical tool for configuring the
Squid Web Proxy Cache server.
- Mail Transport Agent (MTA) Configuration
This new chapter discusses the Red Hat Mail
Transport Agent Switcher application, which allows
users to select either sendmail or
postfix as the default MTA for the system.
- Monitoring Filesystems
The Gathering System Information
chapter has been expanded to include a Monitoring
Filesystems section, which covers the
diskcheck utility.
- Printer Configuration
This chapter has been expanded to include information on the
alternative printing system called CUPS.
- Automated Tasks
The at and batch
commands have been added to this chapter.
- Upgrading the Kernel
The Upgrading the Kernel chapter has
been expanded to include information on Red Hat Linux kernels built for
different x86-architecture chips such as the AMD Athlon™ and
the IntelŪ PentiumŪ 4.
- Building a Custom Kernel
The Building a Custom Kernel chapter
included instructions for using the Red Hat
.config files to recompile the kernel with
the existing configuration options.
- Kerberos
All the Kerberos information has been merged into one location
in the Official Red Hat Linux Reference Guide.
